I paid the same price for a 1gig CF card (cost price mind you) as we did for our 256mb one last year or the year before.
Then again, it's not like the way the IT industry works is anything new. I could have the same computer components I paid for last year for about half the price now.

I'd like to just step in and establish myself as an exception to the fact that most sales people like to take advantage of the cluelessness of customers and make them buy something that they have no clue about and probably won't like in the end. When customers are looking at cameras in my store and have no idea what features they want or what they are looking for, I tell them to do some research.

But maybe I'm just dreaming of a perfect world, where customers are informed and salespeople are legitimately helpful.